A Massachusetts man is accused of enticing a 10-year-old Albany County child to make sexually explicit videos of himself and email them to him, federal authorities said Friday.

Brian Belanger, 21, of Worcester, using the nickname "zombieshadow," met the child online through PlayStation 3, the officials said. Belanger said through the game's headset feature that if the child sent the videos it would help prevent someone from trying to kill Belanger, then he told the child what to do in the videos, officials said. Over about three months the child emailed Belanger several times, attaching video files showing sexually explicit conduct, officials said.

Belanger appeared Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Albany before U.S. Magistrate Judge Randolph F. Treece and was ordered detained pending a detention hearing scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday.

Authorities said Belanger faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum penalty of 30 years, potential fines of up to $250,000 and a required term of supervised release of at least five years and up to life.

A conviction would also require Belanger to register as a sex offender, officials said.